Attachment for burial-caskets.



PATBNTED MAR. 26, 1907.

W. COLE;

ATTACHMENT FOR BURIAL GASKETS.

APPLICATION TILED NOV. 24, 1905. RENEWED OCT. 25. 1906.

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PATENTQEFEQ,

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il pecificetion of Letters Patent.

resented March 26, 1907 :lpplicclitn ihd h'ovemhtr 25;, 15386 RenewedOctober 25, 1906. Serial No. 340,593.

AM Sona a citiates; residing at St. in'the of Jlissouri, have inventedand useful Attachment for Burialof which the following is aspecificarelates to a light-reflecting he inside of a closedburialtrating of tinted. light ott a corpse therein, and has for HOVBthe L spearance of the fining the light-rays to the casket, and soobtaining the n consists in features of novelty hereinafter describedand claimed, reference being bad to the accom anying drawings, formingpart of this speci cation, whereon- Figure 1 is a side elevation of aburialcasket, partly broken through one side for showing my l'-reflebtor in position within the casket with its attachment to theopposite side thereof; Fig. 2 a central vertical longitudinal section,to enlarged scale, through the reflector and its holder detached fromthe casket; 3, an end View thereof as seen from the left of Figs. 1 and2; Fig. 4, a vertical transverse section through the holder on line 4: 4in Fig. 2, showing its attachrnent to the inside of the casket, (broken-away;) and Fig. 5, a similar View through the attachment (broken away)on line 5 5 in Fig. 2.

Like letters and numerals of reference denote like parts in all figures.

a re ,resents a closed burial-casket, b the face or the corpse withinthe casket a, and c the light-reflecting device, which is attached tothe thcr side of the casket a, as hereinz'tfter more particularlydescribed.

Tl device 0 consists of a preferably cylin-cl. tube creasing 1, fromtheouter. side or. which projects horizontall a central ste 1? shank 2,havii aprefera y a ball 3 at its free end, which is apted to fit withina correspcndingly-shaped socket 4, formed in the Inc-sting faces of abracket (Z and of a face-plate or cover-piece 5, which is removablysecured thereto by szrews 5, one half of the socket 4 being stamped orformed in the face of the bracket cl, which at asuitable distancevertically above the socket 4 is directed outward beyond the circumfenence of the tube 1 and provided at its outer free end thereat with-oneor more'dependent ins 6, which are adapted to enterand firmly old in theupholstery-lining 7on theinside of the casket'a, as shown particularlyin Fig. 3. The other half of the socket 4 is stamped or formed in theface of the plate or coverpiece 5, so that when the ball 3 is placedwithin the half of the socket 4,-formed in the bracket (2, and thefaceplate 5 with the opposite half of the socket 4, adjusted to the ball3, the plate 5 is clamped to the bracket (1 by the screws 5 and in sodoing closes the socket 4 a ainst the ball 3, which,

with the tube 1,'is t ereby held in any desired position of the latter.Within the tube 1 and versely thereto at the midd e of its length or,the'reabout proyects a small incandescent electric-light bu b e, whichis connected by a Wire 8 with a battery or other electric-cur rentsupply (not shown) located in any convenient position outside of thecasket.

-Vi 'ithin the tube 1 at or adjacent to its closed end and behind thebulb e is placed a concave disk or reflector 9, of tin or otherreflecting material, while at or adjacent to the refe'rably transo eningor mouth of the tube .1 in front of. t e bulb c is a plane disk 10, ofmica, glass,

or other transparent (or semitransparent) material of red or otherdesired color, whereby on attaching the bracket d, with its faceplate 5,having the socket 4, to the inside of the casket a and en ball3 withinthe soc et 4, with thetube l'inclined in the desired direction towardthe face Z) of the corpse, as shown in Fig. 1, the

light from the bulb e will be reflected by the i reflector 9 through thecolored disk 10 onto the face 72 of the corpse and impart'thereto acorresponding tint, thereby relieving the cadaverous ap earance of thefeatures. At the front en or mouth of the tulle 1 I preferably place anextension or 1100 11 for directing the upper rays of tinted lightdownward toward the face 5.

aging and clamping the It is here noted that the conducting-wire 8,connected to the i bulb e, may pass therefrom either; between the lidand body of the casket a, as shown in Fig. 1, or through a hole in theside thereof ad'acent to its upper lid. By attaching the reflectingdevice 0 to the inside of the casket and then closing the lid of thelatter the light-rays projected from the bulb e throu h the mouth of thetube 1 are confined to t e interior of the casket by its walls and lid,and thereby concentrated on the face of the corpse instead of beingdisseminated, and so rendered ineffective, as would otherwise bethecase. I k I What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,is I

In a closed burial-casket, the combination of a tube containing anelectric-light bulb, a

-Wire connecting the said bulb with an elec-v tric circuit, a. reflectorwithin the tube behind the said bulb, a colored transparent disk Withinthe tube in front of the said bulb, a ball rojecting from-one end of thetube, a brao et adapted to be'removably attached to the lining of thecasket, anda plate removably fixed to the face of the bracket, the 15said bracket and plate having a socket in their meeting faces adapted.to receive and hold the said ball and tube in any adjusted positionthereof, substantially as described.

In testimony W119" of I have signed my 20 name to this specification inthe presence o. two subscribing Witnesses.

' WILLIAM COLE. Witnesses: MARY D. WHITOOMB, EDWARD W. FUBRnLL.

